Guyana
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Barbados and Grenada govts battling to avoid one-term:—new problems for St Kitts PM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – FINALLY, after keeping his political opponents and supporters guessing for at least the past three months, the Prime Minister of Barbados, Freundel Stuart, has announced February 21 as the date when Barbadians will trek to polling stations to elect a new government for the next five years. The long delay in announcing E-day had itself become…
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Guyana will not get involved in Cuba’s internal Affairs-Ms Rodrigues-Birkett
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – THE United States is calling on Caribbean countries to advise Cuba to address issues of democracy and human rights, but Guyana has opted to not get involved in the internal affairs of that country. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett told a press conference on Friday that there is an understanding in the diplomatic world…
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America’s invincible gun lobby
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Stabroek News – The hue and cry that has greeted President Obama’s proposals to impose commonsense limits on his country’s multi-billion dollar firearms industry is a reminder of how entrenched the gun lobby has become in American politics. To foreign eyes the President’s 23 executive actions − based on proposals from Vice-President Biden’s task force − barely scratch…
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Coherence, collective strength and unity
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A précis of PJ Patterson’s “cri de coeur for CARICOM,” his speech to the Rotary Club of Georgetown on Monday, would actually make an excellent editorial, without any need for additional comment. The speech is already resonating beyond the audience of Rotarians who were privileged to hear it and will no doubt be scrutinised and subject to…
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The Caribbean and Cuba: A True Friendship Should Rest on Principles
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – n recent messages to Cuba marking 40 years of diplomatic relations, the Government of Guyana and many of its CARICOM counterparts spoke of a partnership based on principles of solidarity and strategic partnership. Notably absent from these messages were references to Guyana’s and CARICOM members’ most cherished national principles of democracy and human rights. Although the countries…
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Guyana and Trinidad engage in discussions on oil and gas support
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Guyana government says it has held talks with Trinidad and Tobago on the future development of the country’s oil and gas sector. Natural Resources and the Environment Minister, Robert Persaud travelled to Port of Spain where he met with Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs Kevin Ramnarine “to further bilateral discussions” a…
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Guyana welcomes EU sugar quota extension
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana has welcomed a vote in the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development which supports the extension of the current quota provisions until 30 September 2020. Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has described the decision to extend the sugar quota from 2015 to 2020 as a “welcomed decision. “There has been extensive lobbying and…
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General Secretary of opposition party shot during robbery
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC –The opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) says the gun attack which left its general secretary Oscar Clarke hospitalised “is another example of the precarious crime situation which is facing Guyana at the moment”. Clarke, 74, was shot at least twice after bandits entered his Sophia, Greater Georgetown home on Tuesday night. In a statement, the PNCR…
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Global intervention in Africa
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – For the better part of a half-century after the French ceded independence to most of their colonies in the 1960s, the relationship between the newly sovereign states and the ex-mother country was relatively benign and uneventful. President Charles de Gaulle’s rough treatment of Sekou Toure’s Guinea – cutting off communications and any economic and institutioinal assistance when…
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Revise CARICOM Treaty again; CARICOM passport currently useless- Fmr. Jamaica PM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Former Jamaica Prime Minister Percival Patterson Monday night urged an overhaul of CARICOM’s Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas and he expressed grave concern about the real value of the CARICOM Passport. While he said CARICOM has made progress in a number of areas, the former long-serving Caribbean leader identified several areas that needed very urgent attention. Though member…
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